Meeting of States Parties (10-14 December 2012)

The 2012 Meeting of States Parties was held in the Palais des Nations from 10 to 14 December 2012. The meeting opened at 10:00 on Monday 10 December in Room XVIII.

The Meeting of States Parties was chaired by Ambassador Boujemâa Delmi of Algeria. In accordance with the decision of the Seventh Review Conference, the Meeting of States Parties considered the work of the Meeting of Experts (16-20 July 2012) on the three standing agenda items (cooperation and assistance, with a particular focus on strengthening cooperation and assistance under Article X; review of developments in the field of science and technology related to the Convention; and strengthening national implementation), as well as the biennial item of how to enable fuller participation in the Confidence-building Measures (CBMs).

Report of the Meeting of States Parties - BWC/MSP/2012/5

Official documents

BWC/MSP/2012/1/Rev.1 Revised provisional agenda

BWC/MSP/2012/2 2012 Report of the Implementation Support Unit

BWC/MSP/2012/3 Report on universalization activities

BWC/MSP/2012/4 Provisional programme of work

BWC/MSP/2012/5 Report of the Meeting of States Parties

BWC/MSP/2012/L.1 Synthesis of considerations, lessons, perspectives, recommendations, conclusions and proposals drawn from the presentations, statements, working papers and interventions on the topic under discussion at the Meeting of Experts

BWC/MSP/2012/INF.1 International activities of the Government of Canada related to Article X of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Update 2012 - submitted by Canada

BWC/MSP/2012/INF.2 List of participants

BWC/MSP/2012/INF.2/Add.1 List of participants

BWC/MSP/2012/WP.1 Next steps on the CBMs: some key questions for 2013 - submitted by the United Kingdom

BWC/MSP/2012/WP.2 The crucial role of life scientists in the effective implementation of the BTWC - submitted by Poland

BWC/MSP/2012/WP.3 The United States Government’s Bio-transparency and Openness Initiative - submitted by the United States of America

BWC/MSP/2012/WP.4 Considerations and recommendations to inculcate awareness of the dual-use challenge into biosafety and biosecurity training and education for life scientists in States Parties - submitted by Canada

BWC/MSP/2012/WP.5 National implementation measures in the Republic of Iraq - submitted by Iraq

BWC/MSP/2012/WP.6 National implementation of the BTWC: compliance assessment: update - submitted by Canada, the Czech Republic and Switzerland

BWC/MSP/2012/WP.7 The intersessional process: comments and proposals - submitted by South Africa

BWC/MSP/2012/WP.8 Regional cooperative efforts to combat biological threats: the ASEAN Regional Forum workshops - submitted by Australia, the Philippines and the United States of America